01-18-2025, 10:45 AM
(01-18-2025, 10:00 AM)F Gump Wrote: ABOUT COLLINS ....
Gafford/Maxi is not a salary match for Collins. Not close.
Any trade of multiple players for 1 thins out the usable depth, which is a problem by itself. I have to think a DG/MK package has to bring two needed and reasonably-priced pieces, not 1.
I'd love to include Hardy but he really doesn't make enough salary to help on that part.
Collins looks good on paper for the moment, but is he any real answer?
Collins kills the payroll in paying such a huge amount to a backup, who merely solves a backup issue.
Does Collins play defense? A wing defender is supposedly the goal. I continue to think DJJ is the solution, or his twin. But there must be defensive studs who can do some scoring too that are under the general radar, and perhaps with a cheap contract as a result. Someone with some defensive feistiness.
The last time Collins played on a team who cared about winning, they couldn't wait to get rid of him, and essentially paid Jazz to take him.
Mavs finally got the payroll in line, and I think they will want to shop for players in their 10-15M price range that they pay their rotation players.
And for context - last year at this time, I loved the DG idea but PJW didn't excite me as a target (although as a GW replacement, it looked like an obvious upgrade so why not.)
Yeah, I don't see the Collins fit for the reasons you mention. I understand some interest in him by Mavs fans though.
I do think, if a team can work out a deal with his salary, that he could be an option for a playoff caliber team. For instance, Milwaukee. Maybe the Lakers although they will probably look somewhere else. It may be tough to find a place and with his salary it makes it more difficult. You probably wouldn't need to give up many assets for him. I will be interested to see what happens to him at the trade deadline.
I think him, Robert Williams, obviously Cam Johnson, maybe Kuzma, maybe Jeramy Grant, Zach Levine, Vucevic, Bruce Brown, Collin Sexton are all names to watch. Besides Cam Johnson, all are flawed. They are not great players but good players who could impact in the right role.